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J. H. OROGKER.

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No. 333,200. Patented Dec. 29, 1885.

NITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

JOHN H. OROOKER, OF BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, ASSIGNOR TO P. J. EDMUNDS, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BATH.

QPECIPIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,200, dated December 29, 1885.

Application filed March 24, 1883. Serial No. 89,413.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN Hoornn CROOKER, tinsmith, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of the village of Brussels, in the county of Huron, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Baths, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements on a vessel in which the whole or part of a person may be washed or bathed; and this invention consists of a bath-pan provided with water-guards which prevent the water from r 5 splashing out on the floor when using a forcepump to spray the water over a person when taking a shower-bath; and it also consists of devices by which the said guards may be readily and easily attached to or detached from the bath-pan, so that when the guards are removed from the bath-pan they may be rolled or folded up so as to occupy only a very small space when not in use.

The construction will be more particularly explained with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention attached to a bath-pan. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 shows enlarged detail views of the wire loop and screw with an enlarged head which connects the water-guards to the bath-pan.

In the accompanying drawings, the bathpan A for holding the bath-water is shown in the form of an oblong square; but this bathpan A may be constructed round, square, or in any other suitable shape and of any suitable material. This bath-pan A is provided with an outwardly-projecting flange, A, which extends around the said bath-pan A at the upper edge, which is for the purpose of preventing the water from splashing out between the bath-pan A and guardsB B B B onto the floor.

B B B B are water-guards, constructed of oi1-cloth, canvas, rubber cloth, or any other suitable material. The adjacent ends of these water-guards are cut tapering, so that the inner sides of the water-guards will extend a short distance within the bath-pan. At the same time the outer sides of the water-guards (No model.)

will be large enough to cover sufficient area around the bath-pan A, so that when using the shower-bath there will be no danger of wetting the floor, as the spray is caught by these water-guards B B B B and reconducted back again into the bath-pan A.

O G O O are guard-supports, constructed of narrow strips of wood or other suitable ma terial, to which the water-guardsB B B B are secured. A greater or less number of these guard-supports and water-guards may be used so long as there are a sufficient number to retain the water-guards in a sloping position toward the bath-pan A.

D is a screw or bolt or other similar device, provided with an enlarged head. This screw D is not screwed into the guard-support up to its head; but part of the shank of this screw D to which the enlarged head is secured projects from the guard-support O.

E is a wire loop soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the inside of the bath-pan A near the upper edge. These wire loops E E are secured in the bath-pan opposite the ends of the guard-supports O O O O.

WVhen it is desired to attach the waterguards B B B B to the bath-pan A, the enlarged heads of the screws D D D D are inserted in the wire loops E E E E, and on spreading the water-guards B B B B out they assume a sloping position toward the bath-pan A, the said guard-supportsO C O O retaining the water-guards in the proper sloping position at the same time as the tension of the water-guards on'each other is holding them up.

To get in or out of the bath-pan A when the water-guards B B B B are attached, press the outside edge of one of water-guards B in toward the bath-pan A, which water-guard B, c being pliable and connected to the bath-pan A with loose fastenings, will fold together until it is narrow enough for the person to step over into the bath-pan A, and on releasing the water-guards when in the bath-pan A they 5 will adjust themselves to their former position, so that the water-guards are self-adjusting.

To sit down in the bath-pan when the waterguards are on, place a stool at the end of the bath-pan, so that top of stool will touch the 103 water-guards.

By raising up and drawing out the enlarged 2 a 333,2oo

The combination of the water-guards B B B B, attached to the guard-supports C G O C, screws D D D D, each provided with an enlarged head, and wire loops E E E E, with the bath-pan A, provided with flange A, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN H. CROGKER.

Witnesses:

J OHN HALLIDAY, THOMAS G. MCORAOKEN. 

